Mike Lee: “The SAVE database is set up within the Department of…”

“The SAVE database is this entity that is already set up and it's related to the name of the legislation we've been considering, the Save America Act. The SAVE database is set up within the Department of Homeland Security to help us ascertain the citizenship, or lack thereof, of persons who are already registered to vote in the United States. Ideally, the information should be freely flowing on a very regular basis between the states, in particular Secretaries of State, Lieutenant Governors, or whoever is the chief elections official in each state to the Department of Homeland Security.” (03:45–03:59)

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